With all that in mind, we move to the latest episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, as the Cutie Mark Crusaders try their hoof at journalism, and learn these ethical principles the hard way. But in recent years, it’s something the shareholders frown upon. A company would gain money from other sources and use the profits to fund a media outlet that wasn’t necessarily designed to make a profit. There was a time when journalism wasn’t about the money, it was about doing the right thing. What a cunt! This is not the way to do business! At least not ethically! So, forget fact checking, if it’s wrong they can print a retraction later. Anyway, one of the characters was a reporter for a website called BuzzWire, and when her editor is murdered by a vampire, her replacement says his top priority is getting the story out before anyone else. You ever see Moonlight? It premiered a few years ago and only lasted half a season, so it’s okay if you didn’t. Fear, controversy and rage are what get people’s attention, and so that’s what editors tend to push to the front page. Unfortunately, that doesn’t really sell papers, or get ratings, or page hits. To be fair and accurate, as my old journalism professor put it so many times. The role of journalists is to report the truth in the most honest and even-handed way possible. “If it bleeds, it leads,” is the new adage among many newsrooms, and this has caused many people to either ignore these morons, or take them seriously, and I’m not sure what’s worse. The thing about journalism is that it has become kinda shitty in recent years.
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